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Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

mechanisms. Accommodate concurrent review activities (local reviews, advisory committees) even if they don't quite fit the ABET model.4. Minimize documentation, scrutiny, and the time required by all.A faculty colleague summed it up in a phrase, "Back off!"Concluding remarksI write this paper with some trepidation, but I feel that it is something that must be done. Iwonder whether I strike a resonant chord with many engineering faculty across the country3. Ifear that it does. My career as an engineering faculty member and administrator spans nearlythree decades now. I have generally been an optimist and a promoter of new ideas andprograms. Some of these have achieved success and stuck. With others, I have had to face themusic, and it has not

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Cutlip

- as a facultymember, as a department head, and as a member of a Board at another university. Experiencesover a 35-year period will be used to explore ways in which these Boards and their members canbe utilized to the fullest advantage for the sponsoring Departments and for the EngineeringCollege.IntroductionThe following are my personal views on the operations of a Departmental Advisory Board. Theyare based on career-long experiences with Boards in various capacities. My first contact with aBoard was as an assistant/associate professor participating in our department's Board when it wasthe only one in the engineering college. I then managed and interacted with a Board as adepartment head for nine years. Finally, I am now a professor who

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

theuniversity research and industrial sponsor’s work. These lesson plans are placed on a web site fordissemination. The interns have visited the industrial sponsor to learn about their business anddone final project presentations for them.This program has a history of success in attracting women students into engineering and sciencemajors. It also hopes to have a larger impact in the long term as the 5th – 8th grade audiencetargeted for the lesson plans becomes of college age and chooses science, technology,engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers in (hopefully) larger numbers than before.Introduction and History:Female, high school summer research interns at Iowa State University work with engineeringindustries and Iowa State research groups to

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dustin Swanger; Guy Johnson

website at http://www.pltw.org.This nonprofit organization has developed a five-course curriculum that helps students exploreengineering-related careers and develop engineering concepts that help them as they enter two-and four-year college engineering and engineering technology degree programs. PLTW aims atchanging the focus of technology education at the high school level.The strategic goal of PLTW is to forge a dynamic and on-going partnership among schooldistricts, colleges and universities and industry that will establish and support a pre-engineeringcareer cluster program in America’s high schools. The PLTW program excites students aboutengineering careers and strengthens the link between traditional academic programs with hands-on learning

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Berdanier

application of fundamental math andscience relationships to solving real-world engineering problems. Programs are needed in the K-12 experience that deliver hands-on, project-based curricula providing the opportunity for K-12students to experience the wonders and opportunities of education and careers in engineering andtechnology 1.K-12 teachers typically have not majored in the science field of the courses they teach. Also, inthe United States students are less likely than students in other countries to be taught science byteachers with a major area of study in science 3. Generally, across all countries, only 20% ofstudents are taught science by teachers who believe that they are well prepared. The US teachersgenerally report higher levels of

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

professional career paths have reported appreciating their Survey of OffshoreEngineering experiences even more as time progresses. They remark that they have found thatthey are especially capable of presenting a problem to and discussing it with a consultedexpert.ConclusionsMulti-background teams provide an added dimension to projects which are broad enough toallow each member to make a unique contribution. An offshore field development provides anexcellent setting for this within the Offshore Engineering MSc curriculum at the DelftUniversity of Technology.The broad hands-on experience relatively early in the curriculum becomes more and morevalued as team participants progress through the curriculum and on into their careers. It alsohelps to motivate

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Beddingfield; A. Wayne Bennett

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Expositions Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” One of the primary goals of the leadership program is to affect the campus culture ofstudent-initiated life-long learning and to positively impact the pejorative stereotype that engineerscannot communicate effectively or become good leaders. All of the activities are voluntary andno course credit is given for participation. Attendance and participation have not been problems.Careful planning and student input are keys to the program’s success. Students realize theactivities are relevant to their growth as individuals and that these skills will serve them well intheir professional engineering careers and personal

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Rainer Fink

participating in collaborative research.While tenure-track faculty members can find great success in collaborations, they must ensurethat their contributions and leadership of research in collaborative efforts are clearly recognized.In his book “Tomorrow’s Professor: Preparing for Academic Careers in Science andEngineering,” [3] Reis echoes this view in the context of balancing the breadth and depth of thetenure-track faculty member’s research strategy. “Developing depth…in research…is essentialto academic success. You need to be known for something, and that something needs to be bothimportant and unique.” He states that one good reason for developing breadth of research inaddition to depth is that “By knowing what’s going on in related areas you

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeid Y. Eidgahy

-management refers to a constant effort in developing personal practices that enhance Page 6.305.1a person’s skills in dealing with the uncertainty of change. Most of what our students“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”learn in college programs is obsolete by graduation. It then becomes highly importantthat students develop life-long skills in living and taking advantage of change that isnecessary and inevitable in today’s careers. Communications is constantly cited as abasic need in all work environments. What is particularly

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Workman

setting. From this starting point, several possibilities exist for expansion of the program, breakout into subject matter concentration, and reformatting for different grade levels. The objectives of the course are to encourage hands-on science, engineering, and technology activities by females, increase interest and awareness of the potential careers for women in engineering and technology, and create a sense of acceptance, and increased self-esteem for young females entering these typically male-dominated academic and professional fields. These objectives were approached in a unique way throughout the course and the efforts were well received. The development, sample course material, instructional approach, general results, and the overall

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holcombe

whichadvanced degree to obtain is made on the basis of furthering their career rather than advancingtheir knowledge in a particular field. Degrees such as the MBA are considered as the gateway tothe executive ranks. These decisions by the graduates have reduced the available talent for the Page 6.421.2universities and colleges as long as we hold to the related field philosophy. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2001,American Society for Engineering Education As technological change gains momentum, educators must be prepared to treat theircareers as dynamic

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Atashbar

Engineering students traditionally take a subset of courses required for the EE and CSdegrees, along with specialized CE courses in architecture, microcontrollers and digital designand integrated circuit design. From an EE view, they have too little hardware experience touseful interfacing and according to CS, programming embedded microcontrollers in assembly orC is insufficient. This would probably be satisfactory if most CE graduates went to work in hightechnology companies like microelectronic industry, but this simply not the case. A number ofCE students wind up being employed as more traditional engineering doing software design.Many will have careers in digital communications and data acquisition, where signalconditioning, digital signal

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; R.J. Bennett; R. Jacoby; M.I. Mendelson; D.A. Keating

the context of research, the American system of graduate education has set the world standard for preparing scientists and engineers for research careers in academe, government, and industry.” 21.4 Changing the Context of U.S. Graduate Education for EngineersAlthough the U.S. system of graduate education for research has proven to be a world leader, “and is one of thenation's strengths in carrying out graduate education where a large portion of the nation’s best research is done”, it isnow evident that a change is required.2 The change that is required is not a change in the graduate education of thenation’s scientists and engineers for academic research. Rather it is a change in the advanced professional educationof the nation’s

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard A. Gilbert; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

group,the Tech-4 High Technology Industrial Educational Consortium. The partners of this consortiumare representatives of the high tech industries, community colleges and universities in centralFlorida roughly along the interstate 4, which runs east to west from Daytona Beach throughOrlando to Tampa. The Tech 4 Education consortium was founded to ensure a highly skilledworkforce for business in central Florida. Tech 4 promotes training for high school students,community college students, university students, as well as individuals seeking a career change.Beyond education offerings the Tech 4 Education Consortium provides awareness programs thatseek to increase the general public’s knowledge concerning high tech careers. Additionalindustry

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

education. The idea of networkingand developing strong links to individuals who can supply help and counsel in future work canand should be instilled early in the college or university career. Strategies for dealing with teamactivities, elements for creating a team environment, activities that will allow teaming to be partof the natural engineering education, and ideas concerning the type of students who may enterengineering programs (and their teaming potential) will be discussed. The incorporation ofproblem solving as a team activity will also be reviewed. Attitudes towards the teaming activitiesand their benefit to the students will be explored through the students’ assessments of theactivities.Every fall thousands of freshmen join the ranks of

Conference Session

Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Webster; Karen Haberstroh

should apply! Thomas Lozito: My REU project involved cell modeling. I never considered modeling as an interest, but after the summer I became involved in two modeling projects. Mary Waller: The entire experience, both the research and the chance to see the clinical and industrial applications, has greatly increased my interest in BME. I plan on pursuing a career in BME. Katie Jansen: Although I am now steering away from BME, it had nothing to do with my experience this summer. The most important thing is that this experience did make me decide to go to graduate school and pursue research as a career. As I have said before, it was a very

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Schiano; Claudia Mincemoyer

program are to: 1) develop a series of hands-on activities thatintroduce youths to basic concepts of electrical science and technology, 2) foster a natural curiosityregarding electrical science and technology in youths, motivating their study of science and math, and3) develop important life skills. A key component of the program is the generation of an Internetresource that provides a repository of low cost projects with detailed assembly instructions andbackground material, information on careers in electrical science and technology, and links to otherrelevant Internet resources. We present an overview of the program by describing some of the projectsand discussing the logistics of recruiting and assisting adult leaders.ChallengesDespite the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Burger

this sort.EAC has taken a quantum leap forward by focusing on goals and outcomes. The next steplogically is to reap a benefit by re-organizing the commissions as proposed above. [1] http://www.abet.org/ [2] A. Sanoff, Under the magnifying glass, ASEE Prism, October 2001. [3] A. Eades, ABET Revisited, ASEE Prism, Feb. 2002. [4] http://www.abet.org/accredited_programs/EACWebsite.html#C [5] http://www.abet.org/accredited_programs/TACWebsite.html [6] http://ar.byu.edu/dept_academ_advise/gemajor/98/dc/395220dc.html [7] http://www.rit.edu/~706www/newpages/eet/about.html [8] http://www.oit.edu/~career/survey/ [9] http://career.asu.edu/V/offers/CollofTech&AppSci.htm [10] http://careers.latimes.com [11] http

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Jones

early in their college experience. Many ET programsface the common challenge of recruiting and retaining qualified students. At the same time,substantial portions of the incoming students lack basic skills in math and science that are neededfor them to succeed in ET. Consequently, some introductory ET courses teach basic math andscience while exposing student to career opportunities in ET.This paper discusses the experience of faculty teaching Introduction to Engineering Technology,IET 120, over the past seven years. The course has gradually shifted from a pure lecture formatto incorporate hands-on activities, plant tours, and design-and-build projects. A questionnairewas developed to assess the effectiveness of the changes in the course. The

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Liu; Fazil Najafi

dividesthe undergraduate education into the two phases of general education and upper division/ CEcore education. The CE program at NTU is well balanced with a requirement of six monthsindustrial training before graduation. At the UF, CE students are required to take EngineeringIntern Test (EIT) before graduation. Page 7.111.12. Course requirements in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NTUand in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the UFThe CE curriculum at the UF toward a Bachelor of Science degree provides a depth ofknowledge and enable a graduate is able to pursue a career in design, construction and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

emphasis on cellular and molecular engineering, we believe ourbioengineering undergraduate students will obtain the necessary training to become leaders inthis rapidly emerging field of the biomedical/biotechnology industry.IntroductionThe Bioengineering undergraduate program at Rice University is designed to prepare studentsfor careers in rapidly developing areas of biomedical engineering and bioprocessing. Theundergraduate educational program in Bioengineering (BIOE) has the goal of producing a newtype of biomedical engineer, fully conversant with modern biochemistry and cell and molecularbiology. This type of biomedical engineer will translate bench-scale scientific advances inbiological sciences into cost-effective new products and processes

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Kimberly Rogers; Joseph Hickey, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

with the underlying science increases the students’ awareness of or interest in thepursuit of technological careers. We discuss our approach to planning and implementation ofthis assessment process. Page 6.541.2Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionHigh school students frequently fail to connect the basic scientific principles learned in theircourse work with the technological marvels that many of them make use of daily. The principlesbehind such items as portable phones and pagers, personal data

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Taylor; Emilia Mironovova

their technical endeavors, they, like their U.S.counterparts, could also benefit by from international and cultural exchanges.GoalsOne goal of this project was to provide both EET and MtF students with an internationalexperience while avoiding the expenses and time required for travel. A second goal was toimprove both groups' ability to communicate using technical English. In his text on writing to thescientific community, Day exemplifies this goal stating that clear certain meaning should applyto not just the peers of the author, but also to students just embarking on their careers, toscientists reading outside their own narrow discipline, and especially to those readers (themajority of readers today) whose native language is other than

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sutharin Pathomvanich; Fazil Najafi

language becomes a positiveimpact in building one’s career. In major projects around the world, multinational groups ofengineers work together. In the United States, foreign students will have opportunities to learnand practice English both inside and outside the classroom. This situation will force them toimprove their language skill rapidly. American students will also have an opportunity to learn andpractice foreign languages with international students outside classroom.Students who have the opportunity to work in a team project combining with students from severalcountries in their graduate courses will have a better understanding of the role of teamwork in theirfuture international work projects. For instance, students will face problems

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Horan

explore other job opportunities in engineering.2. Learned! Had a blast!3. We had a new and wonderful experience. We had fun, made a few friends, and experienced something we built work.4. To all the participants in this program ... hope that you take this info back to your school for everyone to see.5. Open my mind to a new career in engineering. Learned new and interesting things. Found out that a lot of failure goes into creating new things.Given that we have returning teacher applicants each year, we take that as an indication that theprogram is reaching the target audience and helping the teachers in their mission.The program also interacts with the regular undergraduate curriculum in the

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida, Gainesville; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

- sity. She obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Pri- mary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the development of engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) award winner and is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and

Conference Session

CANCELLED: This session has been replaced by session W269 in room 223: Panel: Building Effective Pathways and Programs for Women and Minoritities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York, Grove School of Engineering; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

and research, motivation, and new and junior faculty development. She also studies gender issues in the STEM disciplines.Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford Univer- sity. She is currently Professor and Coordinator of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engi- neering courses, feminist and liberative pedagogies, and student autonomy. Dr. Lord served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been awarded NSF CAREER and ILI grants. She is currently working on a

Conference Session

Panel on Recruiting and Retaining Women and Underrepresented Minority Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York, Grove School of Engineering; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

and research, motivation, and new and junior faculty development. She also studies gender issues in the STEM disciplines.Dr. Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford Univer- sity. She is currently Professor and Coordinator of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engi- neering courses, feminist and liberative pedagogies, and student autonomy. Dr. Lord served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been awarded NSF CAREER and ILI grants. She is currently working on a

Conference Session

Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok K. Verma, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

todemonstrate students the link between the scientific principles and their engineering applications.The course is team taught by faculty from various engineering and technology disciplines toprovide students experience related to multiple fields to help them identify their career discipline.Students work in groups to build devices and test them. Student evaluations indicate a marked increase in learning and comprehension ofscientific principles and engineering concepts. The paper will discuss the design anddevelopment effort that have gone into creating the PBL kits that were developed related toMarine and Maritime industry. It will also discuss implementation within the course and resultsfrom pre and post surveys from students.1. Research on

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Post Graduate Experiential Programs and Insights

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Marie Coolen, Dalhousie University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

attributes. The learningoutcomes for the first work term are for students to be able to: A. Demonstrate their progress with developing four graduate attributes B. Identify and describe the aspects of their work term that contributed to, and detracted from, their progress with the selected attributes C. Summarize how the attributes connect with: 1. the EIT program 2. logbook keeping Page 22.815.3 3. performance feedback 4. career planningTo achieve these goals, students create a ‘learning portfolio’ during each work term thatdemonstrates their learning accomplishments through a combination